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Observer Boyne Tannum Hook-Up
(7-9/6/2002)

Winners

It has been seven years since the inaugural Observer Boyne Tannum Hookup, and the 2002 version was the best yet. The event was recently held over the Queens Birthday weekend.

2365 entries were received which was a record. In that there were over 500 kids,

and many entrants from the southeast corner of Queensland.

The weather wasn’t all that flash as Thursday the venue received much needed rain and then again on Friday during the morning, making the park quite wet underfoot and even worse off shore with 20 knot winds forecast to last well into the afternoon but then abate later in the day.

Most of those who wished to wet a line did so in the creeks and sheltered water of Gladstone Harbour. There were a few brave ones though who ventured out to Rock Cod shoals only to be thumped around by the big chop on top of an already big swell. Many carried on to Masthead to seek shelter behind the Island or Polmaise Reef.

When the sun did decided to come out on the Saturday the wind had dropped down to a more comfortable 10 – 15 knots, and there was nearly a queue up of boats trying to get out through the channel at the mouth of the Boyne.

During the day there were a couple of weigh in sessions where many live fish were weighed in. Again this year the live fish categories which included flathead, mangrove jack, and bream proved to be very popular. I think that with so many TV productions going to air now with predominantly catch and release, the kids and fishermen far and wide are want to keep this sport sustainable. During the weekend a total of 360 live fish were weighed in, tagged and released into the Boyne. There was even one Bream caught in South Trees inlet on the Friday, release and caught again the next day back in South Trees probably 6 or 7 kms from where it was released.

Although there weren’t any records broken during some of the fish caught were of very good quality like the Red Emperor caught by Mark Le Bherz which weighed in at 12.6kg, or Shane Streeters Sweetlip which weighed 6.18kg and Paul Viner’s 15.2 kg Spanish Mackeral.

Many of the kids had a ball too. Young Ricky Read rode sidesaddle on the gunwale to land his 5.24kg snapper and Christian Delpeche landed a beaut 2.60kg Grunter, which ended up being bigger than the senior grunter.

On the final day the sun came out as if it were summer. The wind was predicted to rise again to 20 knots so many didn’t go back out. As the day progressed the park began to fill with people coming for the final draws that evening. By 4.30pm the park was starting to really fill up and the final estimated count was about 7,000 people present.

The major prize was won by Margaret Shaw from Townsville which was a Cruise Craft 5m Explorer with a 90hp Mercury and on a Special Trailer. Valued at over $35,000 Danny Nicol from Cruise Craft drew it out.

The Junior prize which was a 3m Sea Jay Vee nosed punt with a 2.5 hp Mercury was won by young Brendan Warwick from Boyne Island.

The previous two nights two other boats had been drawn out and they were both 4.15m Sea Jay Tinnies with 25hp Mercury’s, and on Special trailers. The kids also had their own prize each night with a Redline BMX bike up for grabs.

This years event had over 100 winners beit, prize draws or daily category winners or winners overall. The profits from this event get channeled back into the community via the Boyne Tannum SES and other community groups.

Much of the praise must go to the Hookup Committee but the thanks go to those who sponsored, or helped out and those who entered, as without all of these this event wouldn’t be where it is today.

If you wish to be part of this event you can reach us through the website www.boynetannumhookup.com.au .

Until next year Catchya Dags

2002 Observer Boyne Tannum Hookup Senior Leaderboard

Fish Category Weight Name Date Time

Spanish Mackeral 15.2Kg Paul Viner 08/06/02 4:27pm

Cobia 14.25Kg Steve Coates 09/06/02 3:01pm

Snapper 6.82Kg Wayne Baldry 09/06/02 3:00pm

Coral Trout 5.68kg David Solis 08/06/02 4:26pm

Parrot Fish 7.87kg John R. Mitchell 09/06/02 3:35pm

Red Emperor 12.6Kg Mark Le Bherz 9/06/02 3:50pm

Sweetlip 6.18kg Shane Streeter 08/06/02 4:33pm

Salmon 3.26kg Greg Quinlan 08/06/02 11:04am

Grunter 2.02kg Micheal Tysoe 09/06/02 3:34pm

Barramundi 6.81Kg Ben Platten 08/06/02 4:03pm

Jew 13.60Kg Luke McPherson 08/06/02 10:34am

Whiting 0.26kg Shawne Thring 07/06/02 2:52pm

Live Mangrove Jack 1.51Kg Peter Roselt 09/06/02 11:13am

Live Bream 1.28kg Paul Kujanpaa 08/06/02 1:16pm

Live Flathead 3.24kg James Kiss 09/06/02 1:36pm

2002 Observer Boyne Tannum Hookup Junior Leaderboard

Fish Category Weight Name Date Time

Spanish Mackeral 3.49Kg Ben Allan 09/06/02 3:15pm

Cobia 9.50Kg Jake Flesser 09/06/02 4:29pm

Snapper 5.24Kg Ricky Read 09/06/02 4:30pm

Coral Trout 2.67kg Gillian Bowman 08/06/02 4:18pm

Parrot Fish 1.59kg Andrew Cowan 08/06/02 4:12pm

Red Emperor 4.36Kg Leon Petrie 08/06/02 4:11pm

Sweetlip 4.50kg Trent Hall 09/06/02 4:22pm

Salmon 1.89kg Dale Sengstock 08/06/02 3:57pm

Grunter 2.60kg Christian Delpeche 09/06/02 11:05am

Barramundi

Whiting 0.25kg Damien J. Counter 07/06/02 4:13pm

Live Mangrove Jack

Live Bream 0.88kg Elizabeth Quinlan 09/06/02 4:18pm

Live Flathead 1.68kg Lauren Baldwin 08/06/02 1:15pm

Observer Boyne Tannum Hook-Up (7-9/6/2002)

Observer Boyne Tannum Hook-Up
(7-9/6/2002)